meanness

英

美

n.  下贱卑劣卑鄙；粗野；劣等无价值；无聊；吝啬小气

复数：meannesses　

BNC.21894 / COCA.19328

英英释义

noun

• extreme stinginess
  Synonym:minginessniggardlinessniggardnessparsimonyparsimoniousnesstightnesstightfistednesscloseness
• the quality of being deliberately mean
  Synonym:beastliness

双语例句

• He watches every penny he spends, which gives him a reputation for meanness.
  他每花一分钟都要考虑再三，这使他获得吝啬的名声。
• But in French culture it symbolizes meanness, war, and evil women.
  而在法国文化中，它却代表着卑鄙、战争和恶妇。
• I tried to find the root cause of this meanness in me.
  我力图找出我这种卑鄙性格的根本原因。
• If I should turn myself inside out, my rags and meanness would indeed appear.
  要是我把自己的内里翻出来，我的破烂和卑鄙就真要献丑了。
• Scarlett, it was n't altogether meanness that kept me from giving you the money you wanted.
  思嘉，你上次向我借钱时，我没有给你，那可并不完全是小气呀。
• The wind really meanness, and my mouth close dry.
  这风真鄙陋，把我的嘴都亲干了。
• He never descends to such meanness.
  他决不干那种卑鄙事。
• This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness.
  这个在现实生活和精神生活中同样艰难的规则，诠释着整个伟大和渺小的区别。
• Well, they were honest eyes, he concluded, and in them was neither smallness nor meanness.
  好了，他的结论是自己这对眼睛是诚恳的，其中没有小气和卑劣。
• The meanness of anonymity gave a shuddering obscenity to the moment.
  这种匿名的卑鄙行为使他一时觉得下流得让人吃不消。